The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey was adjudged the Marketing Man of the Year 2018 at the 30th Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) Awards.
The awards was held at the Accra International Conference Centre on September 27, 2019.
At the awards, several corporate institutions who performed incredibly well in 2018 were rewarded for their good works.
Companies such as MTN, Goil, PrimeNewsGhana all won awards at the ceremony.
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The enviable Awards of the night; Marketing Man of the Year and Marketing Woman of the Year went to Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, UPSA and Managing Director of SIC Life Dr Rev Mrs Elizabeth Wyns-Dogbe respectively.
Managing Director of SIC Life Dr Rev Mrs Elizabeth Wyns-Dogbe won Marketing Woman of the Year
Last Year the Marketing Man of the Year was won by CEO of McDan Shipping, Dr Daniel McKorley.
Professor Amartey had his secondary school education at St.Thomas Aquinas Senior High School in Accra and Prempeh College where he obtained his Ordinary Level Certificate in 1986 and Advanced Level Certificate in 1988 respectively.
He further obtained Bachelor of Arts (Economics with Sociology), Master in Business Administration (Marketing Option) and Master of Philosophy in Marketing, all from the University of Ghana. He also holds a professional marketing qualification from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. In addition, he holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from the SMC University in Switzerland.
Amartey is a professor in Management. He has occupied several positions in the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management at the University. In 2006, he was appointed as the Head of the CIM Unit and in 2008 got promoted to the position of Head of Marketing Department. After successfully serving two terms as Head of Department, he was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies in September 2014. His meteoric rise continued when exactly a year later he was appointed as the Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University.
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The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies approved his promotion from the rank of a Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor in Management in the Department of Marketing of the University effective December 2015 and now serves as the substantive Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University. He has 21 publications in reputable and ranked journals. Currently, he serves as the vice president of the consumer advocacy center, Ghana.